The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-06-17


Dispatches in yesterdays papers
state that by order Of President Cleve-
land the rebel flags captured by Union
troops during the war and stored by
act of Congress in the War Department
are being returned to the various states
to which the troops from whom they
were captured belong. The REGISTER
is free to say that it regards this a. an
outrage. Those flags ought to be kept
to do honor forever to the valor of the
soldiers of the Union. and a. an ever.
lasting reminder that the republic was
victorious over wicked and traitorous
rebellion. But If they must be remov-
ed, let them be burned. 1t il shame
that they should be returned to those
who want them, not to put them out
Of sight as painful relics of fratricidal
strife, but for the very purpose
of recalling that strife and per-
petuating the old prejudices in
the minds of the rising gener-
alton Of the South. By what right,
anyway, does the President make this
order?, If it took an act of Congress
to bring these flags to the War Depart
ment, will it not take an act of Con-
gress to take them away? Nothing
that has happened in years has done
30 much to renew sectional bitter ness
as have the frantic efforts of the pres
ent administration to ally 1t.
The general public would be sur
prised to learn the number of letters
that are received by the mayor and
other prominent citizens from par ties
desiring tn locate various manufacture.
ing interests here. Nearly all of them
are written by men whose attention
has been called to lola BY notices in
the papers of the discovery of natural
gas here, although many Of them re-
late to the establishment of enterprises
to which cheap fuel Ii not an essential.
The REGISTER has not mentioned
them in detail because nothing definite
can yet be said. The receipt Of such
letters, however, is certainly encour-
aging, for it shows that lola is becom.
ing widely known and talked about,
and that her future is full of hope. 1t
justifies the prediction that within
three years every foot of the Carriage
Works building will be occupied.
The Celebration at lola will no doubt
he, as the bills say, the biggest one
ever held in the valley. Indeed We
do not know of any other town near
here that is making preparations for
ANYTHING unusual. Colony will do
nothing, Humboldt ditto. Chanute
evidently ditto or she would not let us
have her band. Moran also has given
up the idea of attempting celebration.
we understand, and 80 has Bronson.
This being the case it Is reasonable to
suppose that the people of all these
towns, and the surrounding country as
we'll, will come to lola. There is no
manner of doubt that, with fair
day, we will have by far the largest
crowd ever assembled in Allen county.
And We rejoice that this is so. lola
can take care of them.
Mr.. Ed Thayer met with what might
have been q very serious accident yes
terday morning. He had started to
drive across the river bridge when his
team became frightened and backed
until they upset the wagon over the
embankment. There were several
ladies and one child in the wagon but
they all escaped without injury except
the child which was quite severely
bruised in several places. The wagon
came very near falling over the abnt-
ment into the river, i'm which event the
accident would almost certainly have
resulted in the death Of one or more
persons.
Cummings & Jones made two con.
siderable sales this week. One was
ha n 4 ~ 10
to Mr.. Brown, of Clay county, Mo-,
who will occupy it at once, consider
alton g, $50; and the other farm 3
miles east of town to q Mr.. Watkins,
of Blue Springs, Mo-, consideration
s. 300. Both of these gentlemen are
men of means and will make valuable
Improvements on the property they
have purchased.
The music made by the male chorus
which has sung ut two or three enter
tainments recently has been so kindly
received that the gentlemen composing
it have decided to organize and keep
up their practice. The organization
will be known as the "Kickapoo Club"
and it will probably make a speciality
of character songs and political AID
pa triotic melodies.
The Queen Esther Opera Company, of lola
are expected to entertain the people of Wood
son county, at the Opera House on the evening
of July 4th. Yates Centre Democrat.
We don't want to throw cold water
on your celebration, but we think the
Aforesaid Opera Company can hardly
meet your expectations. Its members
will be pretty busy helping lola spread
the eagle about that time.
JIG. Hamm and family moved to
lola on Thursday. We are sorry that
they have left US; Humboldt's loss be-
ing Iola's gain, and Mr.. H. and his
estimable wife will indeed be fortu-
nate if they secure rs many warm
friends in their new location as they
have in this city, Union.
The music for the Celebration will
be furnished by the Chanute Cornet
Band. This attraction alone ought to
be sufficient to draw a good crowd as
this band is considered by good judges
to be the third best band in the State.
1t has been employed at heavy ex-
pense, and will be here all day.
At the request of Mr.. Baker, agent,
and for the accommodation of our
many readers in the eastern part of the
county, we publish this week the Mo-
ran time card of the st. Louis, Ft.Scott
and Wichita r. r. 1t will appear each
week hereafter on the last page, with
the other tables.
We understand that the school board
are in receipt of nearly 80 applications
for the position of principal Of the
High School. AS nearly all of the
make application in person,
the lot of the members of the school
board is not to be particularly envied.